in what window? Drag and Drop, Main Add window, etc?
If I remember correctly, it saved last state for Encrypted option… I know it works in main add window here because I have been testing encryption and noticed it stays on… thanks

I had hoped for a fix that detected whether the files in the archive were encrypted.

What you did was almost as good. It remember the settings not of each archive, but the last archive I used.

Most of my A are encrypted; a few or not. Even when it was working at its best, once I used an non-archived one, I then had to go into each encrypted A and resent it to enabled/256.

Recently, that feature appears to disappear. I had to use a non-E A yesterday. Then, no matter what I did, I could not get the default to return to encrypted. I made additions to a dozen encrypted files (even to then just remove the added file), each time selecting that I wanted the new file E.

I had hoped for a fix that detected whether the files in the archive were encrypted.

What you did was almost as good. It remember the settings not of each archive, but the last archive I used.

Most of my A are encrypted; a few or not. Even when it was working at its best, once I used an non-archived one, I then had to go into each encrypted A and resent it to enabled/256.

Recently, that feature appears to disappear. I had to use a non-E A yesterday. Then, no matter what I did, I could not get the default to return to encrypted. I made additions to a dozen encrypted files (even to then just remove the added file), each time selecting that I wanted the new file E.

Thanks for sending in your settings!
Just tested them and it seems to work like spwolf mentioned, where settings are saved from previous compression job(i think this is how PA has always handled it)
While Socrates would like to have each opened archive’s settings remembered/scanned so that they appear by default when that archive is opened, right?

Mili - it is supposed to remember last used encryption setting in drag and drop.

It’s supposed to remember last setting in general, including D&D. It’s how it has always worked.
As far as I can remember PA never “detected” whether archives were encrypted or not just for the fact that it is possible for an archive to have encrypted and unencrypted files inside of it.

It works like this, PA remembers the last encryption setting you had for the previous archive you made. So if you created a non encrypted archive previously, then you will not have encryption selected when D&D into an already encrypted archive even though it is encrypted.
Again, this is so as PA treats every addition to either and empty or already existing archive individually, giving the user an option to encrypt or not encrypt the files entering the archive.

Using profiles is a completely different approach, that’s created if you want every archive to behave based on what you have selected in the profile settings.

That is why I specifically asked for this feature to be added. it was added it. I noted it on these fora, and spywolf confirmed it.

I did work for a while and then it stopped.

I explained in my initial email today what it took got it back. (No suggestions via the forum or the help desk for more than 2-3 weeks).

Moreover, despite multiple attempts to ask which registry entry controlled this, no one ever responded to said request.

I realized PA does NOT allow move rather than copy to an archive; that is why I have asked for it for a year or more.

It is a common feature in internet explorer (and available in your competition – WinZip for at last 3-4 years): if you drag a file onto an archive icon and held down the shift or control key while doing so (sorry, cannot remember which key), the file would be MOVED to the archive – thus, I would not have to manually delete it after the move.

With PA, I wanted to same. Since the feature was ubiquitous in other programs, I figure it shouldn’t be that difficult to add. Perhaps I am mistaken.

You can do this in explorer (and XYplorer and Word, etc.). I thought PA could add the same feature without too much fuss.

Here is another screenshot when Drag and Dropping a file inside the main PA window with another archive already open.
Please note the highlighted MOVE option which moves file inside the archive, which are then deleted off your initial hard drive location.

Going by what you are describing the is exactly the option you are looking for and it’s already in PA 2011.
If that is not the option you are referring to, please be more specific as to the option that you are referring to.

And you have to set it to always move and replace, whereas the options in explorer, etc., let you determine by holding down a key when D&D whether it will move or copy.

Glad to see we’re moving forward

You’re referring to the D&D window having to be open in order to select which “Action” for it to perform?

You would like to have keyboard shortcuts available for the “Action” menu when performing D&D?

The setting will be remembered based on the last setting used. So, if you have selected “Move” on the previous D&D operation, all future D&D operations will have “Move” preselected until you manually change it.
Is that something that works good for you?

Yes, Spywolf is right. Have one of the options (copy or move) as the default, and the default can be overridden by pressing the Ctl or Shft key when D&D. Again, basically the same thing available in explorer, Word file list, etc.

BTW, any idea why my solution reported on the 6th was a solution? Clearly by cycling through the encryption types reset some errant registry key. But it seems profitable to figure out what it reset and why, so it wouldn’t happen again.